Observations of a young binary star system have led astronomers to new insights into how planets might form. In a system with two or more stars, planetary disks are cyclically sloshed about by the co… [+2494 chars]
These very words may have flown through an undersea cable before reaching your eyeballs. Hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber optics crisscross the worlds oceans, shuttling emails, Netflix shows, … [+2433 chars]
The bottom of the ocean is full of mysteries but scientists have recently uncovered one of its best-kept secrets. For 25 years, drug hunters have been searching for the source of a natural chemical t… [+5898 chars]
"Somethings strange" is happening in the universe, according to data from NASA's Hubble Telescope. If you didn't know, the universe is constantly expanding, accelerated by "dark energy" that was disc… [+2493 chars]
After four years of digging for fossils in a churchyard in York, Pennsylvania, amateur paleontologist Chris Haefner made an intriguing find. I knew it was worth keeping, he said. He posted his discov… [+5967 chars]
By analyzing the data from four space observatories, European astronomers have presented a complete and thorough X-ray view of an active galactic nucleus in a nearby spiral galaxy known as NGC 4258. … [+3798 chars]
Mustelids are the most ecologically and taxonomically diverse family within the order Carnivora. From the tayra in the neotropics to the wolverine in the subarctic, they inhabit a variety of ecologic… [+4867 chars]
FP TrendingMay 24, 2022 13:06:28 IST The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has never failed to amaze its followers with pictures of distant galaxies and black holes. The latest to… [+2080 chars]
Gustavo Menezes, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Head of the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Nikolay Nikolov, Ph.D., Senior Video Journalist at The New Y… [+5408 chars]
3-D: Short for three-dimensional. This term is an adjective for something that has features that can be described in three dimensions height, width and length. align: (noun: alignment) To place or… [+4727 chars]
While volcanic eruptions and earthquakes serve as immediate reminders that Earth's insides are anything but tranquil, there are also other, more elusive, dynamic processes happening deep down below t… [+5571 chars]
Artist's impression of a graphene drum detecting nanomotion of a single bacterium. (Courtesy: Irek Roslon, TU Delft) Ultrathin carbon sheets known as graphene drums can pick up vibrations created by… [+2921 chars]
